Laura Kreidberg

Laura Kreidberg is an American astronomer who primarily studies exoplanets. Since 2020, she has been director at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg, where she is leading the Atmospheric Physics of Exoplanets (APEx) department.

Laura Kreidberg
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale University (Bachelor), University of Chicago (PhD)
AwardsAnnie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, Astronomy
InstitutionsMax Planck Institute for Astronomy, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University

Education and career

Kreidberg studied physics and astronomy at Yale University, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in 2011. In 2016, she received her PhD in astronomy and astrophysics from the University of Chicago.[1] She was then an ITC Fellow and Junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows at Harvard University from 2016.[2][3] From 2019 to 2020, she was a Clay Fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.[4] Since 2020, she is a Director at the MPI for Astronomy.[5]

Work

Kreidberg's area of work is the physics of exoplanet atmospheres. One focus is the observation of hot Jupiters and rocky planets by transmission and emission spectroscopy of transiting exoplanets. She is PI of two approved CYCLE 1 GO observing programs with the James Webb Space Telescope.[6][7]

Honours and awards

References
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  11. "Wagner Award for Women in Atmospheric Sciences". DRI. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
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